Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a metal cord with two concentric layers of wires is provided. The cord includes an internal layer of M wires, M having a value from 1 to 4, and an external layer of N wires. The cord is rubberized from within in situ. That is, during manufacture of the cord, the cord is rubberized from inside. According to the method, the internal layer is sheathed with rubber or a rubber compound by passing the internal layer through an extrusion head, and the N wires of the external layer are assembled around the sheathed internal layer to form a two-layer cord rubberized from the inside. The rubber is an unsaturated thermoplastic elastomer that is extruded in a molten state, and preferably is a thermoplastic styrene (TPS) type of thermoplastic elastomer, such as an SBS or an SIS block copolymer, for example.
Abstract:
Provided is a rubber-reinforcing steel cord that has superior productivity and is advantageous in reducing weight and improving bending resistance, as well as a conveyor belt that uses the rubber-reinforcing steel cord. A rubber-reinforcing steel cord 1 having a 1+6+(6+6) structure formed by twisting individual steel wires 2, 3, 4a, and 4b once in the same direction, a twist multiple of at least 9 and not greater than 14, and an outer diameter of not greater than 4 mm is used by being embedded in a rubber product.
Abstract:
A method of constructing a wire rope from plural outer strands and a core, the core having one or more core strands, each of the one or more core strands having plural core wires, the method comprising: swaging the core to laterally compress the core to an extent sufficient to cause concave deformation of at least some of the plural core wires; and closing the plural outer strands over the core to produce the wire rope.
Abstract:
A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a tire carcass reinforcement, comprising a core (C0) of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of six or seven wires (Mnull6 or 7) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix at a pitch P1, this layer C1 itself being surrounded by an outer layer (C2) of N wires of diameter d2 wound together in a helix at a pitch P2, N being less by 1 to 3 than the maximum number Nmax of wires which can be wound in one layer about the layer C1, this cable being characterised in that it has the following characteristics (d0, d1, d2, p1 and p2 in mm): (i) 0.14
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a tire-reinforcing steel cord and a pneumatic radial tire using the same. The tire-reinforcing steel cord includes an inner layer consisting of 3 filaments and an outer layer consisting of 7 or 8 filaments and surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer are twisted in such a manner that they have the same twist direction and the same twist pitch length, whereby the number of the twisting steps in the manufacture of the steel cord is reduced, and also the penetration of rubber into the steel cord is improved such that the steel cord has an improved durability upon application to tires.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a cord comprising a core structure and one layer, said core structure consisting of 1 to 4 core filaments (1) having a diameter d1, d1, being greater than 0.15 mm and smaller than 0.40 mm, said layer consisting of n+m layer filaments (2) having a diameter d2 and being twisted in the same direction and at the same pitch as the core filaments (1) of said core, d2 being greater than or equal to d1−0.05 mm and being smaller than or equal to d1−0.015 mm, n being equal to the number of core filaments (1) and m being equal to six if n is greater than one and being equal to five if n is equal to one, whereby the core filaments (1) are visually different from the layer filaments (2).
Abstract:
A steel cord for radial tires having a “2+5” construction structured by twisting a core and a strand in such a fashion that they have the same twist pitch length and the same twist direction, so that the number of processing steps for the twisting process is reduced from two to one, thereby reducing the manufacturing costs while achieving an improvement in productivity.
Abstract:
A steel cord according to this invention comprises two core wires and five outer wires each having a diameter larger than that of each core wire and integrally twisted on the core wires, wherein a strand constituted by the five outer wires and the two core wires has an oblong cross-section.
Abstract:
A steel cord effective for reinforcing a super-large off-road tire wherein strands made by simultaneously twisting together 3 to 6 steel wires in the same twisting direction with the same pitch length are used and the steel cord is made by twisting together 3 to 6 such strands in the same direction as the twisting direction of the strands and with the same pitch length. Each of the steel wires constituting the strands continuously has a small wavy pattern of a pitch length smaller than the lay length of the strands and therefore each of the strands has a compound pattern comprising a wavy pattern formed by the twisting and said small wavy pattern and in a gap is formed between steel wires each of the strands by the small wavy pattern. The lay length P.sub.1 of the steel cord is 8 to 15 times the steel cord diameter D and the elongation on breakage by tension of the steel cord is over 5%.
Abstract:
A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric articles including a center structure of one to five center filaments (16) and a maximum of two layers of layer filaments surrounding said center structure: an outer layer of outer layer filaments (12, 13) and optionally, an intermediate layer of intermediate layer filaments (24) between the center structure and the outer layer. All the center filaments (16) and all the layer filaments (12, 13, 24) have the same twist hand and have the same twist pitch. The outer layer filaments (12, 13) exert a force which is directed radially inward.